The Surrealists and the Priory de Sion

The Surrealists and the Priory de Sion

(Images: Marcel Duchamp. Andre Breton. Scene from Cocteau’s
move ‘The Eternal Return’. Joaquin Miller. Rougemont.
Cocteau’s ‘Beauty and the Beast.)

“Duchamp gave a “loose” translation of L.H.O.O.Q. as “there is fire
down below” in a late interview (Schwarz 203). Steefel points out
that, when spoken in English, L.H.O.O.Q. sounds like “LOOK” ”

I noticed that my post on “The Love of Beauty and Money” contains an
accidental, or, coincidental connection to Duchamp’s Mona Lisa
theme, were the word LOOK ( magazine) is below the fire (fire below)
at the Bohemian Grove, and Beauty (Rena).

Most artists see these connections, and find them profound. Most
normal people are threatened by these cosmic accidents that suggest
there is a subliminal and invisble higher power at work – for just a
few. They choose to believe most artists are mentally ill in some
fashion, yet, they…